Labor Day Weekend

It's it just our luck that when we have a long weekend, everyone is sick but Mason. We didn't really have too much planned this weekend, besides hanging out with friends and watching college football, which we were able to do, but the last thing I wanted was for any of us to get sick. Adam travels so much these days, that anytime extra time we get with him, we cherish.

Thursday evening, I went to check on Taylor while she was sleeping noticed she felt warm. I took her temperature and she had a fever. I gave her some Tylenol and chalked it up to teething because she had her fingers in her mouth all day and didn't have much of an appetite. Since this was her first fever, I was a little worried and didn't sleep well . I checked on her throughout the night.

Friday she woke up and wasn't necessarily her normal self, but acted okay for the most part. I really though it was teething when she refused to eat any of the baby food I made her. She would tighten her lips and act like she was in pain anytime I tried to feed her. At least she nursed well all day. That evening her temperature reappeared, so we cancelled our plans to go to one of the local high school football games. Later that night, her fever broke and never came back.

Saturday she was cranky all day. She had her hands in her mouth constantly. You can see two teeth buds under her gums, but still no luck. We went over to our friends Rachel & Kirk's house to hang out and watch college football. Taylor just wanted to cuddle all evening and by bed time, she was done. That night she cried all thru the night, waking up screaming at times. I didn't know what else to do.

I told Adam that I wondered if she had an ear infection. The only time Mason didn't sleep well at night was when he had his ear infections and although she wasn't pulling at her ears, I wondered if her temperature was part of it. We decided that if she still wasn't feeling well by Tuesday, we would take her to the doctor.

Sunday morning, we stayed home from church. It was a really rough night for me and I asked Adam to stay home too, so I could get some extra sleep. It's a good thing, because we both came down with a stomach bug. What are the odds that both of us are sick at the same time? Poor Mason didn't have a very fun weekend hanging around the house, but he was such a champ and didn't complain one bit.

Taylor didn't sleep well again last night and when I went to take her out of her sleeper this morning, I noticed she had a rash all over her stomach and back. I really began to worry at this point. She just had her vaccinations, but I thought too much time had passed for her to have an allergic reaction now.

I called her doctor's office to talk to the doctor on call. He suggested I take her to the PediCenter, which is just like an Urgent Care office, but just for children. With it being a holiday weekend and with doctor's office's closed today, the place was packed. We waited for 2 hours before we had a chance to see the only doctor working today.

I explained how I first thought teething and then how I thought she had an ear infection due to the temperature and how I now had no clue what to think with this rash. He was so sweet and explained that she has the Roseola Virus. It occurs in children 6 months - 3 years of age and starts out with a high temperature for a couple days, showing no other symptoms at all. In severe cases, infants can have seizures due to the high temperatures. A couple days after the temperature goes away, a rash appears starting on the trunk of the body and can spread to the legs, arms, and head. It's contagious, but there is not treatment except for Tylenol to keep the fever down. She should be back to normal in a couple of days.

Adam & I are feeling better today. It was a rough night, but we were able to eat today and not feel sick. We are cleaning like crazy and hoping Mason doesn't get sick. I start potty training this week and the only thing that will post pone it if he comes down sick. I did snap a few pictures Saturday before we headed over to our friends house. Mason wasn't in the mood to take pictures, but we did at least get one of him.

Wearing our team shirts

Adam with his little girl

Mason wasn't interested at looking at the camera

With my precious baby girl